"Fuck!" Dex roared.
Serena was already gone, swallowed by the storm.
Velkaris, meanwhile, was perfectly calm.
Serena:Water dragon ready. Need cover.
Gav:Solara has visual.
The water dragon bucked Serena off before Gav even finished.
Her high-pitched scream bled through the mindlink.
Dex's soul left his body.
Velkaris dove just in time for Dex to see Gav catch Serena by the arm and haul her onto Solara.
Dex exhaled. Hard.
Then Serena immediately sprinted across Solara's back and leapt onto another fucking water dragon.
Dex lost it.
"What the actual fuck," he shouted. "No. Nope. Absolutely the hell not."
The water dragon that just bucked Serena off moved next to Velkaris. It was pissed.
"Ground. Basalt ridgeline," he snapped with zero fucks that its mouth was open, about to power-shot boiling acid water at him.
The water dragon turned its head and moved toward the ground.
